Since you haven’t yet made a purchase, I will offer the advice to save your money and to set azimuth so that the stylus tip sits symmetrically in the groove, which is usually such that azimuth equals 90 degrees, or no tilt with respect to the plane parallel to the LP surface. And you’re done. This is why we survived so many decades without azimuth adjustment; it’s most often detrimental. Any azimuth angle above or below 90 degrees with respect to the groove walls results in aberrant wear on the stylus tip and premature damage to both stylus and LP. Surprisingly, one can live happily without equal crosstalk in both channels, which is the worst that can happen only if the internal structure of the cartridge is not perfectly symmetrical.
To LP Listeners: Fozgometer Experiences...
I am considering purchasing a Fozgometer V2 to verify/improve my cartridge’s azimuth.
Questions:
- Which Fozgometer do you own – V1 or V2?
- Did you find it easy to use?
- Which Test LP did you use (the AP “analogue Test LP” is recommended)?
- Did it make a meaningful difference in the set-up of your cartridge?
- Did it make a meaningful difference in the SQ of your LPs?
Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences.
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